Trolley-wheel.



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2J. BROWN; A f TR-QLLEY, WHEELl APLIOATIONILBD 112016.19651 wh/wonen .To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, J onn BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improve-` ments in Trolley-'Vheels, of which the followl A| wholly independent so far as revolution-y is ing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved trol-L, ley-wheel designed primarily for use with thev ordinary overhead conductor.

The in ain object ofthe present invention is the provision of' means whereby accidental disconnection of the Wheel from the trolley is prevented, the construction further providing for eiiciently lubricating the wheel in use.

The invention will be described in the oly lowing specification, reference being had par-- ticuiariy to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a trolley-Wheel constructed in, accordance with inyinvention. Fig. 2 is aI vertical central section of the same. F ig. 3 is an elevation of the contactfstrip.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a I trolieyhpoie, and 2 the harp-thereof, both of which parts aside from the details' hereinafter noted may be'of any desired type. AMy iniprovedl trolley-Wheel is supported in the usual manner between the arms of the harp, being mounted upon an axle 3, preferably in the form of a headed bolt held against revolution by an integral key 3, fitting a recess in' the harp-openin Centrally mounted for;

revolution upon t e aXle is the main trolley- Wheel 4, havingthe usual wire-receiving circumferentiallyarranged groove 5, the side edges 6 of the peripheral depression formed in the wheel flaring from the groove to the free edges. In cross-sectionthe groove 5 is a true semicircular depression with vertical side Walls which entend above the base a suficient distance to roject above the plane of the trolley-wire w en the latter is seated in the groove.

Auxiliary trolley-Wheels 7 are mounted on opposite sides ofthe Inainwheelf, being constructed identical with that of the main Wheel except that they are of materially less diameter, so that the grooves'S in the auXil-- iary Wheels are located closer to the axle 3f sfs than in the main Wheel.

the groove-iianges of theV auxiliary lwheels right-angled rejection 9, and the contiguous surfacel o the main Wheel isV undercut Ato Specification of Letters Patent. y Application filed December 16, 1905.

The free` edges ofi' i i) ons BROWN, or cam NEW JERSEY; i

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of the `auxiliary wheel, whereby o struc on is'avoided and the wire"leaving=the^ niain wheel will iind its-waywithI certair'ity to'the' wire groove in one of the auxiliary .vhe'ela,y

Each of the inain or auxiliary whceisl'are concerned and are lubricated through a channel 11,' extending longitudinally of the axle 3 Patented sect. is, ieee:

and communicating with the bearing-surface l of each of said wheels through a by-pass 12. The channel 11 is supplied with suitablelw bricant from an oil-cup or other receptacle 13, having a threaded nipple 14 designed to Y engage a threaded opening 15 in the end of the axle, the bore of the nipple being open communication with the channei'll and the interior of the receptacle.

The end of the harp-arm adjacent the oil# cup 13 is provided with a aterally--projecting section. 16, designed to overlie the receptacle 13 and prevent the saine from accidental con'-V tact with the trolley-Wire.

Contact-strips 17, of brass or other material of high conductivity, are secured on the outer side of the respective harpar n1s and pass through openings 18, formed in said arms and upward between the inner side of I the harp-arms and the proximate end of the auxiliary trolley-wheel, the upper or free ends of said strips being enlarged and bifurcated at 19 to embrace the axle 3, The inner surfaces ofthe harp-arms are preferably A tact-strips.

Owing to the s ring edect gained by bending said strips t ough openings 18- in the harp-arms the free end of said strips are maintained-under more or less spring tension with recessed atsQO to receive the end of the conthe eii'ect to secure an electrical contact at this point. t

vAs the Wire-grooves 3 in the auXiliary-troi ley-wheels are on a lower plane than the Wire-.- groove of the main trolley-wheel, it is evident that :the usual projection of the harp-arms to prevent escape of the trolley-Wire may be dispensed with, as when' within the Wire- 'roove of either auniiiary wheel the Wire is' arther removed from the free end of the v.hai arms than would 'be the case without sai auxiliary vwire-grooves on a piane with the main grooves. n Having thus described the invention, what 1.; A- trolleyavheel comprising a main ICO ros

2 l eelfiie eommunicetin with the axle-'bearing een i5` ieee of each wklieel end with seid borey a lubricant-rece )teele supported by, the axle be pendentlfmounted on erich side of the mein wheel,A t v e edges of said auxiliary wheels seating in grooves formed in the approximate :feces of the mein Wheel, the diameters or' the Vond one o the herperms, said receptacle eiixliarf wheels b'eing less than 'tiret 'of the being in o ,en eommnmeation w1 h the axlemein w eel whereby the peripheral edge of bore, the erp-erm adjacent the receptacle.v zo the main WI eel extends beyond and @Verlies being bent laterally to overlie the receptacle the peripheral edge of the auxiliary wheel. and provide e guard therefor. 2. The combination with e trolley-pole ln testimony whereof l affix my signature and e harp therefor, of en axle iii/ed trensin presence of two witnesses.

JO N BROWN.

verselyof the harp-arms, e plurality of independen'tly-mounted wire-receiving Wheels Witnesses:ff'y

arranged on the axle, seid axle being formed t JOSEPH' C. BROWN, with a longitudinal bore and with e oy-pass .HARILIET J. BROWN 

